Electric battery



/ INVENTQR ATTORNEYS June l2, 1928.

Patented June 12, 1928.

VUNITED Vs'rnrlazs PATENT OFFICE.

:HENRY M. ROSENDL DAM, OF Q'iUEENS VILLAGE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB T0 JOSEPH BLOCK, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ELECTRIC BATTERY.

Grig'inal application led September 23, .1924, Serial N'o. 739,278. -Divided and this application led December 15, 1924, ySerial No. 755,879.` Renewed November 19, 12.327.

This invention relates to electric batteries,

and this application isa division of my application Serial No. 739,278, filed September 23rd, 1924. v An important object of my invention is to provide a generally improved battery embodying a pluralityof cells of lthe flat .type so connected electrically as to offer a minimum resistance to the flow of an elecl@ tric current therethrough and so assembled as to provide a compact, rigid, and durable structure.

Other objects and certain advantages of the invention will become apparent from l the following description when taken in connection With the accompanying drawings inl which Figure l isa perspective 'view of a cell 4 unit. 2U Figure 2 is a perspectiye view of acell having incorporated therein the unit shown in Figure l.

Figure 3 is a. vertical sectional Viewy through a battery made up of a plurality'oi cells of the type shown in Figure 2, the cells being shown in4 eleva-tion and in a face to 'face relation.

Figure 4 is a somewhat enlarged fraginental view showin in elevation a plurality of cells arrange inta tace to face rela- -tion and surrounded with asuitable sealing material. t

Figure 5 is a view similar to that of F igure 3 showing a somewhat modified form oit batteryemploying a plurality of cellscf the type shown in Figure 2. y

lin the case of multiple cell batteries such as that shown in Figure 3 and indicated as a whole b the numeral 5 l employ a plurality of in ividual cells v6 arranged in a tace to tace relation as a. result of which arrangement the cells are connect-ed in series, will be appreciated. `The cells entering into the battery construction, herein shown, are'each made u of a negative electrode in the form, pre erably, of a zinc plate 7, associated with ay cell unit 8, lconstructed in accordance with the process described in lF-ntenty No. l,553,600, granted to me Decemit1 bor 20, 1927, by which process depolarizing material 9 and graphite 1G are compressed into cake form and intimately united Witha suitable ame-1l, the graphite serving electrode ot the cell and being. provided with a metallic facin 12, such as tin foil, overlying the protru ing area 13 of the electrode. cell unit produced thereby are claimed in my said application, Ser. No. 755,880, tiled Dec. 15',` `1924, and therefore, said process is not claimed herein and said cell unit is not separately claimed herein.

In assembling the unit 6, shown in Figure 2, a moistened pulp-board 12 carrying a suitable electrolytic paste, not shown, is

' rplaced in position upon the unit 8 adjacent the depolarizing material 9, whereupon the `zinc plate 7 is arranged or placed upon the pulp-board as shown. These three elements, namel the unit' 8, pulp-board 12', and zinc plate are then pressed firmly together with the result thatthe several element-s of the cell are physically united in their proper respective positions as shown.

ln assembling the battery' 5 a suitable number et cells 6 are so placed AWithin an inner insulating container 14' that the negative electrodes of the several cells enga 'e the This process and the positive electrodes of adjacent cells, suitable conductors 15 and 16 being provided and maintained in contact with the positive and negative electrodes, respectively,of the outermost cells as shown. These conductors are,

l at their upper ends, bent at right angles and are connected to suitable terminals 17 and 18, respectively. After the cells have been placed Within the container 14 a quantity of suitable sealing material, such as hot Wax` 1.9, is poured over the cellswhereupon it doive into the several pockets or grooves 20 termed intermediate the zinc electrode 7 and the cell units 8. This Wax upon' being introduced also serves to seal the jointure be tween the pulpboard l2 and the electrode '7' and cell unit 8, it being allowed to dow around the several units by reason of the .tact that the units are held in a spaced relation. to the sides oit the container lll by the overlying edges or projecting margins 21 ol the nino electrodes 7. After the Wan has been introduced strip-oit suitable material, such as corrugated paste 'board 22, fm arranged above each cell intermediate the upper margins the zinc electrodes jacent.

oft cardboard 2t which serves to prevent the cells, thus providing av plurality et l individual air spaces or pockets @ver the several cells there is arranged a strip' entrance of asuitable sealing material, such as pitch 25, into the air pockets 23 when the pitch is poured over the several cells after the inner container 14 has been placed into a suitable outer receptacle 26.

While I have described the jointure between the pulp-board 12 and electrode 7 and unit 8, respectively, of the several cells as having been sealed by pouring the wax over the cells after they have been placed in the inner container 14, it may be found desirable in some instances to apply the wax to individual cells prior to introducing the same into the container. This practice may, of course, be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In considering the modified form of cell 27, shown in Figure 5, the procedure in assembling the several cells within the inner container 28 is carried out substantially as above described. After these cells are assembled the container V28 is so introduced into the outer receptacle 29 that the several cells normally lie horizontally. In this construction the conductor 30 leading from the zinc electrode of the lowermost cell extends upwardly intermediate the inner and outer receptacles 28 and 29 whereas the other conductor 31 contacting with the positive electrode at the opposite lend of the battery lies intermediate the uppermost cell of the inner' receptacle 28, both conductors being bent at their ends and provided, respectively, with terminals 32 an'd 33. In this form of battery the cardboard strip 34, corresponding to the cardboard 24 of Figure 3, is arranged intermediate the projecting margins of the zinc electrode of the several cells and the outer container 29 and the pitch 35 employed as a sealing material for the battery is poured directly onto the upper end of the inner container as shown.

Having thus claim: y

1. A vbattery comprising a container; a plurality of cells arran e'd within said container,each of said ce ls comprising a. cell unit having an electrode of a given polarity incorporated therein in plate form, and an electrode of opposed polarity associated with said unit and having its margin projecting be ond the corresponding margin of said cell unit whereby a space is afforded between said cell units and said container, one of said electrodes of each'cell having a protruding area. engaging an electrode of an adjacent cell; and a sealin material carried within the space afforded et-ween said containeri and cell units.

2. A battery comprising a container; a plurality of cells arranged within said container, each of said cells comprising a cell described my invention I unit having an electrode of a given polarity incorporated therein in plate form an elec-- trode of op osed polarity associated with said unit ang having its margin projecting beyond the corresponding margin of said cell unit whereby a space is afforded between said cell units and said container, one of Said electrodes of each cell having a protruding area engaging an electrode of an adjacent cell; a sealing material carried within the space afforded between said container and cell units: and a sealing material overlying said cells and spaced therefrom to provide an air space adjacent eachy cell.

3. An electric battery comprising a plurality of individual electric cells, each of which consists of a negative element and a positive elementseeured together, the ne ative elementof each cell projecting latera ly beyond the positive element of the cell, the positive element in each cell having a raised portion adapted to contact with the negative element of the adjacent cell whereby to form a groove between adjacent cells extending around the same; and sealingl material filled into said groove as and for the purposes sety forth.

4. A battery comprising a container; a plurality of cells arranged within said container. each of said cells comprising an electrode in plate form and of a given polarity` and an electrode in plate form and of opposed polarity, the latter named electrode having its margin projecting beyond the corresponding margin of the first named electrode whereby spaces are afforded between said container and the first named electrodes, one of said electrodes of each cell having a protruding area engaging an electrode of an adjacent cell: and a sealing material earried within the spaces afforded between said container and the first named electrodes.

5. A battery comprising a container; a plurality of cells arranged within said container, each of said cells comprising an electrode in plate form and of a given polarity, and an electrode in plate form and of opposed polarity, the latter named electrode having its margin projecting beyond the corresponding margin of the first named electrode whereby spaces are afforded between said container and the first named electrodes, one of said electrodes of each cell having a protruding area engaging an electrode of an adjacent cell; a sealing material carried within the s aces afforded between said container and tiie4 first named electrodes' and a sealing material overlying said cells and spaced therefrom to provide an air space adjacent each cell;

In testimony whereof, I have aixed my signature to this specification.

HENRY M. ROSENDAL DAM. 

